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=Members' current systems=

Please add to or edit this document and keep it up to date as things change I will post an excel version for download when it nears completion Looking forward to seeing V5 || Concordance searching. Recent bugs - us or them??? || Nothing-this is my 5th LMS, they all have ups & downs. ||
 * **SCHOOL** || **LMS** || **FEELING** || **UPSIDE** || **DOWNSIDE** || **I WOULD RATHER HAVE…** ||
 * BIS, Vietnam || Athena || Behind the times || Was good in its day, so has aged well || Not web based || Destiny ||
 * TES, Taipei || Oliver || Happy || web based || limited report formats || Destiny ||
 * Tanglin, Singapore (Junior School) || Oliver V3.5 || Mostly happy || Easy to use. Z-cataloging. Flexible.
 * Tanglin, Singapore (Junior School) || Oliver V3.5 || Mostly happy || Easy to use. Z-cataloging. Flexible.
 * Tanglin, Singapore (secondary) || Oliver V3.5 || Indifferent ||  || Bugs! Olly not infant-child friendly. || Destiny ||
 * St Christophers, Penang ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Harrow, Bangkok || Oliver || Between like & love || Good help-desk |||| labels & reports overcomplicated ||
 * St Andrews, Rayong || Open Biblio || Happy || It meets our needs and was free || Limited reporting and support || More money to spend on stock ||
 * Uplands, Penang ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Seoul Foreign British School || Destiny (Follett) V9.8 || Happy || Titlewave - ordering & cataloguing easy to import. Updated features regularly ||  ||   ||
 * KTJ ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * BS, Guangzhou || Junior Library3 || OK || So far it meets our needs ||  || Nothing particular ||
 * Kellett, HK || Alice || Very depressed! ||  ||   || Going with Oliver - due to uncertainty over speed issues and lack of local support with Eclipse and Junior Librarian products. Easy option I guess but one that will give me less heart burn. ||
 * International School, Brunei ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * BIS, Phuket || Alice || OK ||  || not web-based and visually boring ||   ||
 * Garden International, KL || Oliver v3.5 || OK || Generally user friendly and meets needs of students & adults. Kids like colourful interface of Olly. || Reporting! ||  ||
 * Garden International, Rayong || Open Biblio ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * BS, Kathmandu ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Bangkok, Patana || Destiny || OK ||  || Can't get ebooks working || Destiny without any glitches ||
 * BS, Manila || Athena || OK || Meets our needs - fairly basic package || No longer supported - need to migrate to Destiny || Destiny ||
 * St John's, Bangkok || Alice || Happy ||  |||| Sometimes overcomplicated ||
 * Dulwich, Beijing || Destiny (Follett) || Happy || Resources from Follett are automatically catalogued, saving us a lot of time. Also very user-friendly || A bit hard to get used to || I had Oliver in my 2 previous posts and think I much prefer Destiny! ||
 * Dulwich College, Suzhou (JS/SS Librarian) || Junior Librarian.net || Unhappy ||  || Unbearably slow, user-unfriendly, often goes offline, terrible support from Micro Librarian Systems || Will shortly be upgrading to Destiny ||
 * Dulwich College, Suzhou || Junior Librarian.net || Overall happy || child /user friendly for Reception - Y6 students; support usually within 48hrs || takes time to learn added extras || Microlib Eclipse for secondary pupils ||
 * Regent's, Pattaya || Heritage (IS Oxford) || OK ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Regent's, Bangkok ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Kinabalu ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Alice Smith Primary, KL || Junior Librarian3 || good ||  ||   || very child friendly ||
 * Alice Smith Secondary, KL || Alice || Depressed ||  || Outdated || Destiny or Oliver ||
 * Shrewsbury International School, Bangkok || Destiny || Great || Web-based, gorgeous destiny quest catalogue, v user friendly || You can't remove the $ from fine reports, let alone change it to another money sign! || Happy with Destiny - we just changed from Alice 6 months ago. ||